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Name:Tarn Intake
Hill number:16163
Height:239.2m / 785ft
Parent (Ma):2667  Top o' Selside
RHB Section:34D: Southern Cumbria
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County/UA:Westmorland and Furness
Catchment:Leven (Ulverston)
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:SD 34618 94824
Summit feature:grassy knoll in small clearing
Drop:33.1m
Col:206.1m  SD 3464 9437  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 96 97
(1:25k) OL7N
Observations:outcrop 50m E at SD 34663 94836 is probably lower
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 45 users)ByDate of Ascent
A pleasant morning round from Hawkshead taking in Hawkshead Moor, Tarn Intake, Beck Side Intake and Brock Crag, before heading down to the Grizedale cafe for lunch with the family, several of whom joined me on a return to Hawkshead via Carron Crag.summitter16/10/2022
My plan had been to mountain bike around Grizedale Forest, approaching from Bowness ferry. However the destruction caused by Storm Arwen blocked my route and after lifting the bike over 10 to 15 fallen trees, I abandoned it and walked to just take in Tarn Intake.trimarc221/03/2022
After bagging Beck Side Intake. Both summits bagged.Alan Caine27/12/2021
Good parking place on road to the south east. Followed paths and forest road to the nearest point and then headed for the summit through horrible Grizedale terrain. Met other walkers on the tracks, who had paid £8 FC parking charge.JohnW12/10/2021
Did both tops just in case. No views.DARRENG07/09/2021
Excellent tracks to a point due east of the summit. Turn left here up a small valley. The summit is at the end of the second upward developing track on your rightmoorsman17/07/2021
Water Yeat - Top o' Selside (Wainwright, Marilyn) - Carron Crag - Tarn Intake - Castle Wood Hill - Scale Ivy Intakes - Claife Heights - Latterbarrow - Near Sawrey.Mark Jackson23/06/2021
This area has been thinned and there’s now an extraction lane leading in from the track to the west at SD 3454 9478, making the ascent straightforward. The highest point is on the right of the extraction lane.dickiewren20/12/2020
RevisitDave Geere04/03/2020
Hawkshead Moor, Tarn Intake & Beck Side Intake from Moor Top. With Alfie.Dangerous Dave02/03/2020
From Grizedale visitor centre. Green and white post on track to west. A stick with a white top just inside the tree line and an arrow point to a relatively straightforward way through the forest. Turn right just after the second arrow and there's the summit. On to Beck Side Intake.Wycombe Wanderer05/10/2019
With Juliette, visting from Ireland, who didn't deserve all this!! I'm with Chris Pearson's comments about pushing through backwards. We made it but now everything had to go in the wash. Just a ticking exercise really but we laughednickywood102/09/2018
Gorgeous swim in Grizedale Tarn - apparently the posts are from an old rotten platform. Trail running from Crosslands to Grizedale over Brock crag, Tarn intake, Beck Side Intake. Very overgrown.Fionalevey28/05/2018
From Grizedale, roadside parking to avoind FC car park charges. Good track NE to 203m SH then dropped down SE and S into conifers for the 236m SH first, then onto the HP - nice outcrop in middle of the forest. With Rick Salter. Several pieces of interesting woodland art spotted en-route.jonglew19/03/2018
With Jon Glewnordicstar19/03/2018
From Hawkshead Moor along forest tracks. Entered forest by marker post. Not too difficult. Past lower bumps to HP.PeterD24/12/2017
Hawkshead Moor > Tarn Intake > Beck Side Intake from GR: SD 34210 96357ronaldo33301/10/2017
Start from SD 34547 94786 ascending into moderately denase spruce, after first few metres a reasonable path continues to prominent rock outcrop in spruce and a lone Holly. No view.RichardM30/12/2016
With Jo, from Hawkshead Moor: tracks through Sunnythwaite to post/cairn at SD 34544 94790, then WNW through trees to Tarn Intake (both tops). Weather; overcast, mild, good visibility. Next top; Beck Side Intake.amblerbob13/11/2016
From spacious track entrance to north at SD 34210 96357 then as Aye Jimmy.David Gradwell26/04/2016
An early morning 3 hour run from Bowness (brother's house). I was the only person on the 7.10am ferry in the dark, then a road run in dark over to Esthwaite Water (Ospreys fish here). Climbed up track into forest as grey twilight beagn at 7.46 and then daylight proper at 8.25 at 'sunrise' (replaced by drizzly mist today). A perfect time to go blundering around in damp impenetrable forest fight. Found several likely tops (one with a fallen tree across the top) after a short stooped battle being snagged and scratched by low branches. Best pushing through backwards to protect the eyes.Mighty pleased to regain the path for onward run whilst extracting pine needles from unlikely places -to Eel House Intake for another battle.Chris Pearson09/01/2016
From SE, after Eel House Intake, from same starting point. Planned to traverse across to pick up bridleway but took rough beeline to summit, worked better than I deserved, 45 mins to summit. Final approach to summit from E side not as bad as I'd been told: quite ordinary by Welsh / Scottish standards! Fin of rock 90m NE at SD 34733 94897 presumably lower. Then out W to main track and on to Beck Side and Brock.RHW06/09/2015
Forest trails from Hawkshead Moor to the N. First third boring huge gravel track, middle third pleasant, last third huge track would be boring except for some fine, large sculptures - stone fox, unidentified spiky wooden thing and a totem pole. This brings one to a marker post about 125m to the W of the grassy summit knoll. Bit of a thrash from here passing a rocky bump on the way.Aye Jimmy18/04/2015
From Esthwaite Hall bridge - parking on road. Approached summit from the vehicle track 120m W. 0-10m good; 10-50m unpleasant; 50-120m not too bad - so don't give up too soon.jimbloomer04/03/2015
I saw on the database. I came past on a bike. I summitted. Reckon the highest point is just off the track, on the western side, 10M into the trees, on a crag 6-7 metres high.Eddie07/10/2014
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Rambling Ray28/04/2017
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Edwin Gradwell26/04/2016
George Gradwell26/04/2016
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peebs02/02/2015
Northender08/01/2015
Dave Geere19/07/2014
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